Airplane thoughts: theology, family, fatherhood, and vibecoding

random tweets from a stuck airplane, whatever's on my mind, not overthinking it

Aug 3, 2026

thinking a lot about theology lately - what the fuck is meant by "God"? managed to find 6+ dimensions along which people seem to be talking past each other had claude make a giant chart of these... didn't really help. I'm angry about this whole thing

meanwhile turns out my relatives periodically saying "god is love" are literally quoting the teaching that the united church of canada came up with years ago as a way to accommodate the obvious reality that many people were strained on more personal views of god

my uncle, who's 2+ decades in with late-stage parkinson's, said "god is hell" love too, but if you just say "love" you're hiding, he says. he sees the charnel ground + pure land thing

that uncle and I were really close when I was younger. it's been hard watching his body stiffen & close from the parkinson's, but his heart is softer and opener than ever, and there's something beautiful about that.

my almost-2yo toddler is really cute and talking a lot lately and saying things like "I don't want touch the leg!" and "baby [cousin's name] is sleeping!" she's also having longer and longer (h)angry fits. terrible twos = "being 2yo is really hard, yo"

I have a son coming in sept and I'm excited+nervous hoping I feel like @visakanv with #2 where there's a sense of like "oh yeah I can just use all these skills now" vs having to learn everything

yearning for more sense of beauty in the birth and postpartum phase than we had last time, where everything felt super scrambly. not that it won't be sleep deprived, but I want to remember to breathe and make eye contact with my beloveds more

still haven't gotten used to having money now but no time, since I took a job at @softmaxresearch last October (and since having a kid). also I spend half my free time vibecoding random stuff I don't even quite ship someone help me my family is drowning in candles

maybe sometime soon I'll just make a thread about the things I've been vibecoding but for now I want to ship this thread since it's time to get off the plane

feels good to thread again tho. I feel inspired by the algo fix, to say stuff just as part of the conversation among my people here the funny part is that sometimes the work-in-progress thoughts have more texture for traction than the polished insights anyway